For this weeks blog post I will be doing research that will be useful for my final research project. My latest blog post will be mostly about some information that I have researched about to put into my paper. This blog post will be me answering the literature review question below in order.
To see my research project you can go to my research project web page. 1.) What is positive psychology? “Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life worth living (Peterson,2008). According to the founder of positive psychology Dr. Seligman says, “positive psychology consists of three things: Positive experiences, Positive states and traits and Positive institutions”.(Peterson,2008) By looking at just the positive in a persons life and looking over the negatives that it is proven to make a person feel genuinely better about ones self and has also been proven to make people more happy and appreciative. 2.)What is well-being? Feeling genuinely good about one’s self and their life. Well-being can be a complex thing to define and inform people on but many psychologist have been looking for ways to which well-being can be. According to Stephen Joseph, “what is used to describe well-being: happiness, vitality, calmness, optimism, involvement, self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-worth, competence, development, purpose, significance, congruence, and connection”.(Joseph, 2017) Carol Ryff states, “ well-being is multidimensional, and not merely about happiness, or positive emotions. A good life is balanced and whole, engaging each of the different aspects of well-being”.(Ryff, 2017) 3.)What research suggest that gratitude improves well-being? “the three good things” has been scientifically proven to improve people’s well-being by Dr. Seligman. By having people physically write down all of the good things that have happened to them that day they are forced to look at the positive side of the day instead of all the negative things that also could have happened. Yale center for emotional intelligence also says, “people randomly assigned to keep weekly gratitude journals exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better about their lives, and were more optimistic about the upcoming week compared to people assigned to record hassles or neutral events.”(Emmons, S. Stern, August 2013) 4.)What research suggest that gratitude improves well-being? “the three good things” has been scientifically proven to improve people’s well-being by Dr. Seligman. By having people physically write down all of the good things that have happened to them that day they are forced to look at the positive side of the day instead of all the negative things that also could have happened. Yale center for emotional intelligence also says, “people randomly assigned to keep weekly gratitude journals exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better about their lives, and were more optimistic about the upcoming week compared to people assigned to record hassles or neutral events.” 5.)What research suggest that gratitude does not improve well-being? Even though the “the three good things” process did improve peoples well-being it also was shown that some people did not get a good sense of appreciation walking away from doing “the three good things”. Leslie Baker-Phelps states, “Even when a catastrophe, tragedy, or difficult circumstance really has befallen them, they focus on what else could have gone wrong, but hasn’t. As a result, they feel relieved at best. But this generally doesn’t invite a warm sense of appreciation”.(Baker-Phelps, May,2016) 6.)What Research supports your data and experiences? The research that supports my data on positive psychology is “the three good things” it supports my data because it is about the good out comes to the “three good things” gratitude process. Information from the Yale center for emotional intelligence supports my data as well because it backs up “the three good things” and gives supporting data as to why doing the gratitude process helps improve well-being”.(Emmons, S. Stern, August 2013)Information from Stephen Joseph also supports my data because he went over the basic way in which good well-being is achieved.(Joseph,2017) Carol Ryff’s data supported my data because she really talked about all the different aspects of well-being.(Ryff,2017)
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11/19/2018 06:25:51 pm
I found your blog very inspiring into ideas for my own.
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Anne
11/19/2018 08:24:58 pm
This is really well organized I may have to borrow some of your sources!
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